Space Fabricators

In a message dated 2/18/01 12:40:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, cfrjlr@...
writes:

<< No, at least not the Rice University concept.

Take a look at the web links I posted before for the details.

The Rice vehicle deposits a layer continously as it rolls forwards.

In fact, it deposits several layers of different materials, first it lays a
substrate, then it lays other layers on top of it.
>>

Well couldn't the factory rover be insulated from vibration using a magnetic
suspension system? One problem would be that the ground isn't always level.
Perhaps the factory part could be kept level as the rover went over uneven
terrain by supporting it on a bunch of pistons to compensate for the ground's
uneven grade.

Tom Kalbfus